frightened after he mentioned to her he had a knife. when shown a photo, she was able to identify this man who picked her up, as dmitry storm, 42-year-old fugitive, who authorities want in connection with the robbery of at least ten vehicles, monterey, santa cruz, marin counties. the sheriff's office is also looking into whether he stole another vehicle early yesterday morning not far from where he drop dropped off that hitchhiker. down south in santa cruz county, the sheriff's office there tells our sister station in that area that storm has a history of violence, that he is considered armed and dangerous. his mother, who did not want to be identified, believes otherwise and is pleading for her son to just turn himself in. >> i don't think he would harm anybody unless they were harming him. i think he is just trying to get away from everything. he is just in escape mode. he is not looking to hurt people. i don't know what he -- he is a skriz schizophrenic.

sight of the boston marathon bombings now once again open to the public. boylston street had been sealed off as a crime scene since two explosives were set off near the finish line. it reopened 3:00 this morning local time. today, vice president joe biden will attend a memorial service for m.i.t. police officer shot and killed allegedly by the boston bombing suspects. 27-year-old officer sean collier was killed thursday night in cambridge, spurring a manhunt that eventually led to the capture of the suspect.

the service is not open to the public. >> live report on the visit coming up at 6:30, including new details just into our newsroom about what the feds have now promised the suspect's family. there are new worries for the eastern span of the bay bridge this morning. we've learned there's more testing that needs to be done to make sure steel rods on the span are safe. that work is on top of repairs that they already need to make to broken rods. christie smith is live on treasure island with what engineers are concerned about. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. specialist in high-strength steel has come forward and reached out to caltrans with conclusions of his own about the new eastern span of the bay bridge, telling them that more bay bridge anchor rods could snap in the future unless they identify and replace the bolts with less vulnerable steel. according to the contra costa times, chung, who retired from

bechtel, shared an unsolicited response to this. 32 rods broke and little attention was paid to hydrogen, which makes the steel more brittle. he suggests new testing requirements all around. for now caltrans is still trying to come up with a permanent fix. >> the fact is that there are several alternatives that are still under evaluation and discussion. >> reporter: crews are keeping a close eye on another batch of rods made two years after the faulty ones, strength tested as well. they say it's focus, of course, is safety. labor day opening is looming. unclear whether construction will be done at that point. reporting live on treasure island, christie smith, "today in the bay." very picturesque behind christie. >> beautiful. cooler out there. rob mayeda is in for christina

loren. chilly, right? >> yes. fog back to the golden gate bridge covering the tops of the towers. not yet down to ground level. heading over to highway 17 you will drive through the fog heading toward santa cruz this morning. 40s and low 50s outside. north bay and east bay temperatures running 20 degrees cooler than yesterday, losing the warm northerly winds we've had at this hour. it will turn stronger moving into the afternoon, winds out of the west. hour by hour, low clouds out of the inner bay, heading into the afternoon, approaching the evening. low clouds spilling in once again. eventually by this time tomorrow morning, filling in most of the bay area and deep enough to give us some misty skies in spots tomorrow morning. heading toward lunchtime, mid 60s closer to oakland.

should still manage mid 70s through san jose and briefly through the tri-valley. tomorrow temperatures drop another three to five degrees tomorrow. cool for thursday. we warm back up with those numbers in the 80s as we kick off the weekend. bay bridge toll plaza, backup forming. we have a nice easy drive with no metering lights yet. no problems right now. unexpectedly light for those areas. the lights should be turned on the next five minutes. east shore freeway, altamont very good. typical for highway 24. highway 84 shows that volume heading toward sunol and 680. typical slowing there. 58 0, top of your screen through dublin. lighter. folks are distracted by this car over on the shoulder there. they're still waiting for a flatbed tow truck. two cars. miner crash reported right around north livermore.

typically see more slowing. folks are getting caught in the early backup heading westbound in the altamont pass. as far as traffic flow goes there in san jose. 101 to the earlier slowdown. starting to clear up. live shot here. 101 does move nicely. another live look across that san mateo bridge. south bay, i'm sorry, 101. san ma mateo bridge with foster city and the approach, starting to build for west 92 heading over to the peninsula for the east bay. back over to you. >> thank you very much. taking a ride on the vegas strip, how much your cab ride should cost and how much you've actually been paying. >> nothing really stopped me from going in. just making sure everybody got out in the first place. jumping into action on the way to class. why san jose state students are being hailed this morning as heroes. plus, apple reaches middle age. and the republicans attack fisker. we'll take a look, coming up in

business news. when i first saw the clip, it was -- you know, gut wrenching. [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> rookie mistake. >> it's still funny, every time. >> national punch line. today's second chance for the sma small-town news anchor whose first day flub went viral.

we have the low clouds back and big drop in temperatures on the way. a look at your forecast coming up. >> thank you very much, rob. it is 6:12. time for a quick check on the day's top stories. rescue crews right now, looking for dozens who may still be trapped in the rubble of an eighth story building that collapsed in bangladesh. right now, at least 87 people are dead. government factory workers say

the building developed large cracks reported on the news the day before it collapsed. >> more protests are expected in france after the country legalized same-sex marriage. riot police, opponents of the move clash ed florida paris las night. protesters threw glass bottles, cans, metal bars at police who hit the crowd with tear gas. >> supplies now being delivered and headed to the international space station. spacecraft carrying a cargo load, taking off from kryzygstan, delivering 2 1/2 tons of fuel and other supplies to the space station friday. off-duty emt and some of the scholar students at san jose state are being hailed as heroes this morning. they ran into a homeless shelter that was on fire to help get the women and children who live there out. their quick thinking may very well have saved some lives. "today in the bay's" marla tellez is live in san jose with

a look at the pretty remarkable story. good morning, marla. >> reporter: good morning. those students live very close to this women's shelter at a san jose state fraternity house. luck would have it that one of them happens to be an off-duty emt. we want to give you a look at the damage. allen is going to pan out to show you a look at damage. it's on the roof-top patio. it's harder to see now that daylight has dawned. those wood beams are pretty charred up this morning. most of the damage, according to fire officials, is limited to water damage. the top floor is where the fire started. it was just before 6:00 last night when stephen gifford parked his car in front of the fraternity house. he smelled smoke, saw the flames. he grabbed a couple of his fraternity brothers and immediately jumped into action, knocks on doors, yelling to get out. inside, about 40 people, women and children, including 14-year-old sierra harris and her 13-year-old brother. >> do you need help with anything?

i was like, what are you talking about? they were like, it's a fire, there's a fire. i was like, really? mom, we've got to get out. there's a fire, there's a fire. >> reporter: as i mentioned, he was a certified emt not on duty at the time. he says he was just doing his job. >> you don't get credit for the good you do, just make sure everyone gets out. >> reporter: everyone did make it out okay. no one, though, is able to stay at this shelter for now because of the damage. they were loaded on to buses and taken to other housing facilities within this particular shelter network. i spoke to a shelter employee early this morning. she did verify that all the families are resting comfortably this morning. another bit of good news is that the red cross has stepped in to help out these families. as to when they'll be able to move back here at this shelter, that is yet to be determined. live in san jose, marla tellez, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much. 6:15 right now. from personal experience, growing gracefully into middle age is not easy. >> really nice to say that.

scott mcgrew, you say apple now middle age? >> apple middle age. just like jon and i are, right? certainly not a young start-up. apple reported its profits tuesday. if you were to make one takeaway idea from this whole affair, it would be that apple has really reached middle age. the company is doing thing that is only mature companies do, like issuing dividends. in fact, on the phone call with reporters, tim cook said he wants apple to become the biggest dividend-paying company in america. young companies resist sharing their profits with investors because they've got better things to do with the money, like grow. apple said it saw its first decline in profit in ten years and iphone's sales growth were slowing. then this, ipad sales, that's good news. that's still going gangbusters. the house energy and commerce committee will hold hearings into fisker a short time from

now. pictures of fisker unveiling at santana row some years ago. the last time the committee investigated a department of energy loan, it was to solyndra. house republicans are eager to embarrass the obama administration over the green energy loans. this was the hearing into solyndra. this happened back in november of 2011. solyndra, jon and laura, was a much bigger debacle. we were talking about closer to half a billion dollars. we do hear, by the way, that fisker, heimrich fisker will be testifying. >> thank you very much. christina loren is off, enjoying nice days. >> low clouds back in. waking up to mostly cloudy skies across the bay. one exception to the rule this morning, san jose. you have just a few low clouds,

downtown there. hazy skies and some folks around the bay area not going to see the sunrise thanks to low clouds around san francisco. temperatures running a lot cooler inland. we've lost those dry, relatively warm north winds that were quite gusty. less wind this morning is maybe good news for the inland valleys. look at the difference in temperatures compared to 24 hours ago, almost 20 degrees cooler in this hour out to livermore. wind is good news for air quality. it will stir up some of the ground-level pollution and prevent us from having any issues in spare the air day today. headlines today, looking at the return of the air ocean. you can see it if you look outside. tomorrow, low clouds move further inland, leading to misty skies and even cooler temperatures for your thursday afternoon forecast. high pressure still keeping us dry. no signs of rain next seven to ten days.

we're tracking instead the low cloud cover for the coast. low clouds start to fill back in by tomorrow morning into the altamont pass. almost a tracing into livermore, antioch and fairfield tomorrow morning. thursday looks even cooler than today. today's highs nowhere near 90 degrees. mid to upper 70s san jose, near 80 in pleasanton, 80 in fairfield, the hottest temperature we see today. san francisco to oakland, light jacket will be just fine all day long. low 60s around san francisco and upper 60s to low 70s out toward the north bay. tomorrow will be the coolest day of the next seven days and friday north winds may pick up once again. we'll have to see if that turns gusty into the weekend. temperatures will start to warm up as we get those 70s and 80s back in our valleys just in time for saturday. mike? >> we've seen the commute starting a little bit later and

then really packing it in toward the late morning. that's what happened in the south bay. once it did kick in, it really hit hard throughout these northbound routes. an easy flow from north 101. 87 a blip or two. 85 and 280, gradual build to the south bay. even the larger roadways, expressways, san tomas, all showing speeds close to their limits as well throughout the local roads. we'll track that as it does tend to build later, at least the last week or so. 580 not a major issue. 84 livermore. things moving nicely as well. held up by an earlier crash over on the shoulder now. once that crash moves to the shoulder we're still seeing about the same build here. that's great stuff. moving over to castro valley, no delays. castro valley y shows the build at the y itself. 880 typical heading toward the san mateo bridge. we'll give you a live look at the bridge itself. here is your commute direction.

no problem. there's some haze and lower clouds throughout the bay area that rob has been talking about. and not a problem for visibility right now. although we can't see the high rise. on the high rise, you can see okay. the trouble spot, the bay bridge where the metering lights are on, everything except the hov lanes are backed up. north bay also shows some of those low clouds i was talking about. southbound 101, top of the screen here, those hills are touched by the clouds. coming through some of those peak peaks, rob is talking about the santa cruz mountains, could be a fog situation forry short period of time. be careful out there. back to you guys. >> thank you. speaking of commuting, you may get a look now at how crowded trains are before ever stepping on board. bart offering a quick trip planner program. three heads indicate heavy crowding expected. bart officials do point out that

data is not in real time. instead it's merely using historical data which officials say is very accurate. getting taken for a ride by some las vegas cabbies to the tune of $15 million a year. nevada state audit says round-about rides meant to run up the meter accounts on nearly a quarter of those trips between the strip and the airport. the practice adds about $10 to each fair. that can certainly add up. for the record, taxi cab regu r regulators say a taxi cab from the southern end of the strip should cost between $12 and $17. ride from the airport to downtown should run between $22 and $27. >> keep your eye on that. more sin in sin city. all-you-can-eat buffets will keep you coming back. coming up, back behind the camera desk.

>> i didn't even know until after the third break. >> getting his big brick on network tv. what he says happened leading up to his major, now international on-air blunder. taking a live look at -- can you make out san francisco there? cloudy start to the day in the bay. and cooler one as well. how cool will it get? when will the warmup come? lot more news ahead as well.

nbc north dakota news, your news leader in high definition. [ bleep ] [ bleep ] >> good evening. i'm van tieu. >> i'm sorry. you probably have heard and seen this video by now, a.j. clemente making what he is call iing a rookie mistake. we remember our first day, anchoring. clemmente opens up about what led to the use of those words and what got the kid fired. perfect storm of things going wrong moments before that newscast. no one to cue him out on set and didn't have an ear piece to be told. and the show actually started 30 seconds early. >> london marathon is my second story. there is literally three names i

don't know how to pronounce at all. >> so you're trying to pronounce them, practicing and as you kept messing them up, you got frustrated, thinking you still had time when you went on the air. >> and fireball shot came right out of my mouth. >> it may be the greatest on-air mistake ever. he actually used the word gay at the top of the show, but that was not the case. he was trying to pronounce the winner of the london marathon. you can catch the full interview on the "today" show coming up at 7:00. >> wonder what happens to him now. >> i think someone is going to hire him. he is going to get a job. >> you never know. the mike is on and always hot. you have to be ready. >> we'll see more from this kid. >> it will be interesting to see him on "today" this morning. 6:27. still ahead, the patient dumping scandal spread now to the south bay. we'll tell you where they wound up and which out-of-state hospital is accused of ditching

patients in the first place.

we welcome you back to "today in the bay," live from the noew york stock exchange. keeping our eye on apple to see how they're trying to work on bouncing back. this is "today in the bay." good morning to you. i'm laura garcia-cannon along with jon kelley this morning. just getting pictures into our newsroom right now, live from boston, where there is a procession that is under way for that m.i.t. officer that was actually killed. there is a memorial later today. vice president joe biden is expected to attend that. this morning, the boston marathon bombing investigation actually heads to russia, where federal investigators are speaking to the suspect's parents. new details about the promises

those investigators are making to the family. "today in the bay's" tracie potts is live in washington, d.c. with new information about that visit to russia. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. promising that they can get their son's body back, tamerlan tsarnaev, killed in the gun fight with police. although the family having trouble dealing with that. on the other hand on capitol hill lawmakers have concerns about how this investigation is proceeding. boylston street reopened this morning with new pavement, covering the spot where the first bomb went off. new this morning, the u.s. will release the body of slain suspect tamerlan tsarnaev. the family is having trouble finding a place to bury him. the boston mosque they attended refused to do the service. early this morning in russia, the mother was told she can see her son dzhokhar now in fair condition at a boston hospital.

>> she became increasingly devout, tamerlan, the older brother, gravitated toward her. there's an interesting question about what influence she had over tamerlan. >> reporter: back home another classified briefing. >> the main question is the fbi's investigation going back to 2011 and why it was not followed up since then. >> i'm very concerned that there still seems to be serious problems with sharing information. >> reporter: on capitol hill, the secretary of homeland security explained why tamerlan tsarnaev's trip to russia raised no red flags. >> the fbi text alert on him at that point was more than a year old and had expired. >> reporter: today the focus is back in boston where vice president and mrs. biden attend a memorial for sean collier, the 26-year-old m.i.t. officer slain during that city's week of terror. also verts want to talk to tamer

lan tsarnaev's wife reportedly with her family in rhode island. so far they've spoken to her attorney. laura? >> do the suspect's claims that they acted alone seem to be checking out so far? >> at least so far. they have a lot of leads to check out. in terms of cell phones, computer records and who they may have talked to in the days and weeks and months preceding the bombing, it looks as if they acted alone and not under the as you mi-- auspices of some terro group abroad. a fund to help the victims of the boston marathon bombings has generated, listen to these numbers, $20 million. all over the world people have contributed to what they're calling one fund boston. donations can be made through the website one fund boston.org. 6:33. new details on reported patient

dumping by a nevada psychiatric hospital. sacramento bee is reporting that five of the more than 1500 patients sent out of state on greyhound buses ended up in san jose. the rawson-neal psychiatric hospital reportedly shipped patients all over the country in the past five years, including more than 200 to los angeles and 36 to san francisco. san francisco's district attorney now investigating the report and considering legal action. the city of vallejo shutting the door on new medical marijuana dispensaries, at least for new. at a meeting last night, approving a temporary moratorium. no new business licenses, building permits or business tax certificates will be issued for pot dispensaries for the next 45 days. city officials say this will give them time to try to come up with a process of how to properly regulate those dispensaries. >> got to regulate your own temperature today. it was so warm the past couple

of days. you'll feel the cooldown. rob mayeda is in for christina. >> pleasant start to the morning in san jose. coming up over the hills to the east, relatively clear skies in san jose. not everywhere around the bay area this morning. low clouds closer to san francisco over toward oakland. 40s and low 50s outside. cooler in livermore in the north bay as we have lost those north wind winds. the story the next few days will be the low cloud cover for the morning, peeling back toward the coast. san francisco down the coastline, mostly sunny skies n inland. late evening, the clouds fill in once again. very likely this time tomorrow morning, san jose will not see much sun. livermore and fairfield, low clouds surging inland and cooling down even more than today. 60s inland. towards lunchtime, warmest places today out toward fa fairfield and tri-valley, mid 069s around san francisco and

oakland. that sea breeze takes hold and will be moving quickly as we head into tonight. coolest day of the week with extra morning clouds, mists and skies clear and warm-up just in time for this weekend. mike? south bay 101 northbound at least under that 680 interchange. drivers are okay through most of the south bay. rises up into low clouds. smooth drive on the maps shows slowing north 101 top of your screen. we're looking at 84 as well as you head toward 17. up toward saratoga. starting to kick in for those northbound routes. southbound route for 880 coming off that castro valley y, 238 slows toward 880 south. hayward and union city now to build toward the san mateo bridge toll plaza. on the bridge itself, you're looking all right as far as the slow of traffic. bay bridge as well with the backup.

some of those cash lanes are lighter than normal. east shore freeway is not a problem yet. building through richmond. low clouds hover around those east bay hills. back to you guys. >> thank you very much, mike. elvis impersonator off the hook. once suspected of sending poisoned letters to the president says he was just an easy target. this is all in honor of an m.i.t. officer killed last thursday. vice president joe biden also expected to attend the memorial service as well as thousands of people.

welcome back, everyone. coming back, bringing you live pictures of peoria, illinois. massive flooding that's taken place there. the mississippi and illinois river has just really crested in some places. they've had to evacuate a lot of areas. people just trying to deal with all this excess water. something they're keeping an eye on. 6:40 right now. charges now dropped from a mississippi man accused of sending letters laced with ricin. letters he previously written to lawmakers may have made him that target. in the past he has sent letters about black market body parts he found at a local hospital.

fbi says they've not found evidence of ricin at curtis' home. his attorneys say their client may have been framed. david petraeus will serve as a visiting professor at the city of new york and will start the next school year. he will teach public policy at the university. in a statement, petraeus says he looks forward to leading this seminar and will also give talks and meet with students about their individual research proje projects. if you recall, petraeus resigned as head of the cia just last november after having an extra marital affair with his biographer. >> reporte 6:4 1. latte, scones and bed bugs. >> i saw a bug crawling on it. >> why your coffee to go may not be the only thing you're taking home with you after a trip to a south bay starbucks. plus, we'll check apple stocks and a flirty new way to get to know somebody on the

airplane. how it works. live look out at san francisco shows cooling in store for the bay area. temperatures dropping quite a bit today. we'll have a look at the forecast coming up. commute looking good through fremont. camera trembles a bit. low clouds i was talking about. show you those east bay slowdowns and check that south bay as it's building, coming up. star command, i'm detecting high levels of happiness. luscious locks there's an entire land here...with living cars. now this is flying... with style. great glittering galaxies. disneyland resort just got happier, see it all with a 3-day park hopper ticket. i now appear to be lost in a deep dark cave...

there's new trouble for the eastern span of the bay bridge. just a month ago, the agency discovering more than 30 broken rods on that new span. this morning there's a meeting to discuss new and different problems on that very bridge. "today in the bay's" christie

smith is live on treasure island with all the details. good morning. >> good morning to you, jon. in a few hours, caltrans will provide an update on these anchor rods at a meeting in oakland. meantime, a retired materials engineer has stepped forward and spoken to caltrans about his own conclusions on this, saying more of these steel rods could snap and break off unless caltrans identifies and replaces the bolts with less vulnerable steel. the contra costa time reports that chung believes inadequate specs, inattention or plain ignorance led to the installation of the steel rods and 32 of them broke off, many because they were brittle. caltrans has said in the past maybe it's a problem with hydro general in the process. the suggestion from chung, replace the rods and use more stringent testing. rods made after the faulty ones

still need to be tested. >> they're made to the same specifications. why did one group of rods fail, another one hasn't? >> reporter: now exactly what the fix is or how long it will take, all of that is still unclear. labor day deadline for opening is looming. wanted to mention that the project manager for the bridge plans to meet with chung about his conclusions on monday. reporting lo ining live on trea island, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> gorgeous shot out there, spanning the bridge. >> certainly cooler, though, isn't it, rob? >> sea breeze kicked off yesterday right around 3:00, 4:00 in the afternoon. what it means for today, plan on a jacket weather day around san francisco and oakland. san jose, you can see looking off to the south and west, we've got some low clouds spilling in to saratoga, out near campbell and most of the low clouds around san francisco and oakland. our temperatures running much cooler inland. we still have a clash of wind

patterns yesterday morning, dry, north winds, gusty winds. not the case this morning. 40s and low 50s outside. running much cooler as the north winds are strong offshore breezes kind of stop. there's a reason we did warm up this week. that's been taken out of the occasion now. onshore marine air pushing in tod today. good news for air quality. in the good range across the bay area from north to south today. temperatures, you'll notice them dropping off for the next couple of days. coa coastal clouds throughout the day. 60s and 70s. marine layer will turn thicker and move further inland. as you get into the afternoon, san francisco still seeing patchy low clouds around the golden gate. head into the evening. low clouds will surge back inland once again. by tomorrow morning, look at all the low clouds, all the way into fairfield, antioch, and livermore, altamont pass. highs today not near 90, but maybe mid to upper 70s. closer to san jose.

76 out to the tri-valley. you'll see those numbers in the upper 70s, perhaps still near 80 warmest places inland. most of the bay area san francisco into the north bay, this spread of temperatures, low 60s for the peninsula, mid 60s for oakland and low 70s inland. could have some mist as those low clouds thicken up for tomorrow morning. friday could get a taste of northerly winds again. high pressure builds back for the weekend. going back into the 70s and 80s, just in time for saturday. mike? >> sounds like good timing, rob. pretty good timing as far as the folks for the commute, you can make your time through dublin as well as 84, livermore south through sunol. slow spots. those are good, loit light ligh of traffic. starting to show that build. keep that in mind as you head into the south bay. we'll check in on that in a

second. slowdown out of castro valley 580 westbound to redwood road, 280 north and 880 interchange. you see the red right at the interchange there. south 880 hayward continuing to union city and fremont. san mateo toll bridge plaza, crash happening moments ago. no major injuries. sounds like they're moving off to the shoulder without any delay. slight slowdown. on the span it's okay here. no problems to the bridge once you get there. clearing right at 380. we'll show you how things are shaping up for the south bay. 101 past capital and toward 680, toward the airport. typical build for that northbound as well. 87, capitol and kirtner to saratoga. live look outside, east shore freeway, westbound 880.

slowing speeds out of richmond. krarcenas bridge might be an issue over those hills heading toward hercules. traffic on the span, all the way across. low clouds might be an issue from the hills in the north bay, slowing through center and novato, not nevada. i don't cover that. armed, dangerous and on the run. peninsula police on the lookout for a man they say is responsible for a crime spree in five counties. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live on the story and the plea now from the suspect's mother. >> reporter: good morning, near where he was last sighted monday night by a woman who hitched a ride from him. she tells the san mateo county sheriff's office he dropped her off at the clouds west vista point skyline not far from palloalto. she had become nervous and frightened after he mentioned to her that he had a knife and she called 911.

when shown a photo, she was able to i.d. the man who picked her up as dmitry storm, 42-year-old fugitive authorities want in connection with a robbery of at least ten cars from sonoma, marin and santa cruz counties through the start of april. they're also looking into whether or not he stole another vehicle early yesterday morning not far from where he dropped off the hitchhiker. telling our sister station that dmitry storm has a history of violence, considered armed and dangerous. his mother, who did not want to be identified, believes otherwise and is pleading for her son to just turn himself in. >> please just try to stop all of this and turn yourself in and don't put everybody in harm -- put yourself in harm's way. and all the officers and everybody driving around you. just please stop. >> reporter: the mom tells our sister station that her son was

diagnosed with schizophrenia when he was 19 years old. her son is also accused of threatening deputies with the sonoma county sheriff's office after allegedly stealing a car in windsore in early april. bob redell, "today in the bay." beloved counselor and educator being remembered by students and faculty at a south by high school, harker notified students and staff about the death of sandy padgett. 72-year-old was found shot dead in her redwood city home early yesterday morning. police believe her husband killed her, then tried to kill himself. he remains right now in critical condition, unable to speak. the private harker school is making grief counselors available on campus for students. padgett had worked at the school since 1998. sheriff's deputies releasing a new video they hope will help

catch a would-be robber. his friend pull aid gun on a driver parked outside a 7-eleven on february 14th. the driver quickly reversed, took off without injuries. deputies think the man in the video is a frequent customer of the 7-eleven and could help them catch the would-be robber. deadly shooting in the do downtown area. gunfire erupting before 10:30 last night at 13th and broadway, a few steps from the 12th street bart station which actually shut down for an hour after this. police have not yet given details on who was shot or the motive in the case. so far, there have been no arrests. a story we first brought you last night, this morning, investigators still trying to figure out the cause of a fire at a homeless shelter. this morning the people who lived there have been moved to other shelters while crews assess the damage of that fire. 40 people inside when the fire

broke out have san jose state students to thank for helping them get out alive. stephen gifford and brothers of the kappa significama fraternit into the shelter when they saw flames. >> i'm a certified emt, trained to take on situations like that. >> everyone got out. san jose firefighters quickly put out those flames. growing problem that cannot be shoved under the rug. should we say the mattress? health officials warning the nasty little bed bugs are becoming an issue in places like apartments and dorms. recently two women alerting nbc bay area to a problem of those blood-sucking pests at a starbucks. that's right, a starbucks. this one on south bascom avenue in campbell. the women didn't want to be identified because they work for a publication. they say they told employees about the bugs that they found on a sofa at that starbucks. the women said that they were very shocked by the store manager's response.

>> he had known for two months that they've had them. and that just -- that horrified me. >> starbucks spokesperson says that the company did call pest control at the first report of those bed bugs but found no health or safety risk and the company says it wasn't until a second inspection that the pest control actually found the problems. starbucks is now saying, quote, they've completed follow-up inspections. we are confident that all concerns related to the location have been resolved." >> i think i just heard the sound of coffee makers going on in kitchens across the bay area. shares of apple falling despite the best efforts to prop them up. >> scott, tim cobbing says apple will pay out more to investors but that's not enough to offset concerns of falling profit. >> it really hasn't been. early fall on apple this morning right after the bell, after

apple said for the first time its profit had fallen for the first time in a decade. make no mistake, apple still makes a staggering profit. just turned to the upside. that's good news for tim cook this morning. just barely. it's up about half a percent. we'll call it $407. the share, we'll continue to watch it. how about a cool app? go comics gives you alcohol's to calvin and hobbs there. peanuts as well. fox trot another good one in the app store. virgin america unveiling a new feature where you can use your seat back video system to order yourself a drink or order a drink to anyone else. >> really? >> you click the seat and you send a drink to the attractive person in 8a or 36c as it were. >> stop it. >> i can see it now. what's a nice girl like you doing on a show like this. >> only two seats you cannot

send drinks to. do you know what they are? >> the pilot and co-pilot. >> richard branson says he is so confident of this, 50% of people will be able to hook up on flights. >> 50% works all of the time. >> putting on a show in denver last night. hammering the nuggets 131-117. next two games will be at the oracle arena. game three friday night at 7:30. >> great game for the warriors, great game for the sharks, locking up their spot in the playoffs. beat the stars 3-2 last night, securing another playoff birth. two games before the postseason starts, tonight's game down in phoenix taking on the coyotes. want to get in on the action? tickets go on sale friday 10:00 am. also available online through ticket master or by phone

through that number on your screen. the ticket office will be handing out wrist bands from a ticket drawing 8:00 or 9:00 in the morning. let's check the forecast with meteorologist rob mayeda, in for christina loren the past few days. >> 12:35 this afternoon, giants game. 62 degrees first pitch time. winds 10 to 20 miles per hour. hopefully, that continues to hold off the arizona diamondbacks. they can't handle the cool weather. cooler tomorrow with more morning clouds, misty skies. >> south bay is really starting to change over the last few. as it typically does this time of day. 101 up to capitol up into downtown. 280 at 880 and 85, starting to bog down just off 87. off 17. still traffic southbound 880 through fremont and actually

starting all the way back toward san lorenzo. crash at the san mateo bridge should be clear in the next couple of seconds. bay bridge toll plaza, a little bit of a break. not so bad there. you do still have a backup. expect that to build over the next half hour. with that 12:45 game, traffic mid city as well. back to you. >> thank you very much. one final check of the day's top stories. 87 people now dead in a building collapse in bangladesh. it's feared that number will increase as the day goes on. some 600 rescues overnight during that collapse. some workers say the building developed severe cracks yesterday. nike is pulling a t-shirt that reads boston massacre off store shelves. it was made well before last week's marathon bombing. it was for sale at yankee games for fans to brag about their team's four-game sweep of the red sox in the '78 season. it stopped distributing that

shirt last week. much brighter note here, gwyneth paltrow named people's most beautiful woman on the entire planet. she credits her workout routine for helping her get in shape and top that most beautiful list. she's glowing right there. gorgeous. >> very nice. we're back at 7:25 with a live local news update. good morning. developing now, still out there, a new search begins for the person who mailed letters tainted with the poison ricin to the president and a senator after the case against the man who was originally arrested is suddenly dropped. was he set up by a rival? missed opportunities? new questions this morning about what investigators knew about tamerlan tsa3 c3 >> nuevas oportunidades y busc q

the former anchor who made that profanity-laced debut -- [ bleep ] >> has made this way to studio 1a today. we're hoping he keeps it clean. wednesday, april 24th, 2013. and good morning, welcome to "today" on wednesday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> and i'm savannah guththy. and a.j., we're turning on your mike right now. >> what have the last few days been like for you? >> well, a busy couple of days. >> but you have a good attitude.

>> keep smiling. we're going to begin with that strange twist tied to the ricin-laced letters in washington. andrea has the latest. >> reporter: good morning. a lot of questions about that ricin investigation. it appears that the fbi had the wrong man and still looking for whoever sent those toxic letters to president obama and senator roger wicker. >> why like to thank all my family, friends and fans for their love and support. >> reporter: in mississippi a federal magistrate released carl kevin curtis after prosecutors dropped all charges against him in connection with those letters containing ricin. they went to president obama and mississippi senator roger wicker last week. >> i respect president obama. i love my country. and would never do anything to pose a threat to him or any other u.s. official. >> reporter: curtis, an occasional elvis impersonator had been in jail since last we